stout-hearted

[ stout-hahr-tid ]

/ ˈstaʊtˈhɑr tɪd /

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adjective

brave and resolute; dauntless.

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Origin of stout-hearted

First recorded in 1645–55

OTHER WORDS FROM stout-hearted

stout-heart·ed·ly, adverbstout-heart·ed·ness, noun

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How to use stout-hearted in a sentence

Even the stouthearted Captain and the faithful mate, blear-eyed and haggard from loss of sleep, were filled with wonder.
West Wind Drift|George Barr McCutcheon
Peggy was asked if she would do it, and being a stouthearted lass she consented, for a round sum, to try it.
The Abbot's Ghost, Or Maurice Treherne's Temptation|A. M. Barnard
What ripples from the seething capitals will stir the placid thoughts of your stouthearted peasants?
Where the Sabots Clatter Again|Katherine Shortall
Many of them had lost their all, yet the worst sufferers seemed by far the most stouthearted of the forlorn crowd.
The Quest of the 'Golden Hope'|Percy F. Westerman

And it was open war with the Jesuits for which those stouthearted sailors longed.
History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete|John Lothrop Motley

British Dictionary definitions for stout-hearted

stouthearted

/ (ˌstaʊtˈhɑːtɪd) /

adjective

valiant; brave

Derived forms of stouthearted

stoutheartedly, adverbstoutheartedness, noun

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